( closed ) tied my lead and pulled my chain

[reneger]

Who: Jason Todd reneger, Roy Harper thwikt, Tim Drake mostdangerousbird, Dick Grayson forceforlight, Kyle Rayner torchbearer, Jimmy deadthenred, Tony Stark voicelog, Tony Stark the second ingeniar, and Stephen Strange rehandle
What: a jailbreak
When: july 7thish
Where: an island prison off the washington coast
Content Warnings: ??

After deciding to do some snooping around Arcadia and dragging in Roy after his arrival, Jason and Roy both ended up knocked out, pulled out of Arcadia, and dropped off on an island off of Washington with a facility on it built to hold metahumans. Fun! Except they're both drowsy and depowered, stuck in cells, and aside from Jason's neural implant, they don't have a way to reach out to others from inside. But hey, at least the guards haven't seen their faces, so it could be worse.

Comments

[torchbearer]

[ sounds like a yes. kyle lets it go without fuss. ]

We just talked. He gave me a tracker if I want to reach out.

[reneger]

Do you still have it on you?

( kyle's not that stupid, but just to make sure. )

[torchbearer]

No, it's floating in a bubble somewhere around. I'll collect it later.

Should I let him know you're okay?

[reneger]

No.

( don't talk about him to his tiny not!dad. )

I'll go find him later.

[torchbearer]

All right.

[reneger]

( he's quiet, for a moment. let's that sit. there's a lot he could say; jason told kyle he was here, but he didn't tell kyle much else. by now, he's figured out all the important bruce-related details. that's something. and kyle's heard enough of jason's bruce-bitching by now, so.

clearly it's time for more. )

I told him to stay out of my turf. If he shows up in NYC or Newark, I'm kicking him out.

[torchbearer]

[ that seems like a pretty typical response. ]

I'm sure he won't cross the line.

[reneger]

B's got no respect for boundaries. He'll cross the line eventually.

( jason's expecting it. he's almost looking forward to it. but "i'm going to have a great time beating up the guy you worked with / who mentored you or whatever" is probably not the ideal thing to say. )

He's not him though. Not yet.

[torchbearer]

[ yeah. eventually, bruce will, for his own reasons. those reasons may not have anything to do with jason, which jason will hate. ]

And that's . . . bad?

[reneger]

No.

( it's not bad at all. jason prefers it this way. a young bruce is manageable, if his bruce showed up he'd have to dip under the radar. )

Last I saw B, he ignored a black hole sucking up my team in favor of telling me how he was an idiot for ever trusting me and dragging me off by my face to who the fuck knows where. I did fuck up a little, but--if I never see him again, it'll still be too soon.

[torchbearer]

[ not that jason could truly stay away. kyle idly rubs his shoulders. ]

I told him discussions about you are off the table.

[reneger]

( he'll always go back. jason's traveled the east coast, the west coast, everything in between and then some. but he's always returned to gotham in the end, regardless of how bruce felt about it. gotham is his home, his mess, the city he cares about as much as anything else.

jason leans back against kyle. lets his shoulders go loose. )

That go both ways?

[torchbearer]

It does in my book.

[ kyle does know how to give a good massage, his thumbs don't dig in hard and he lets his fingers roll off the shoulders. not much, just a little pressure to ease the aches. ]

I've got you.

[reneger]

( there are enough knots to earn a boyscout badge, but jason's not complaining. he's reaching a hand up instead, to grab onto kyle's shirt and yank him down enough so he can move those fingers into kyle's hair. pulls him into a kiss, even if jason being on the floor means it's a little--upside down.

smiles a little. )

You'd be a shit anchor if you didn't.

[torchbearer]

Ha ha.

[ but he presses another light kiss to the corner of jason's lips. ]

Do you need time alone to recuperate or shall I stick around?

[reneger]

Nah, all I did was sit alone in a cell. The jailbreak was the most excitement I got out of there.

( another kiss, before jason releases kyle and drops his hand back down. )

Don't need time to recoup from spending time by myself.

[torchbearer]

I'll take that as a sign.

[ he settles himself behind jason to continue tending to his shoulders. ]

[reneger]

Dickie Jr is moving in.

( probably nice to give kyle a heads up. it wasn't exactly in his plans, and jason's really not sure how this--happened.

and there's also: )

You can too, if you wanna. I've got entire apartments sitting empty up here.

( they haven't almost killed each other, yet. and the tower's fairly secure. he can always kick kyle out later. )

[torchbearer]

[ huh. interesting choice. ]

You sure?

[reneger]

If I get tired of you, I'll tell Kas to lock you out an' throw all your shit out.

( this is acceptable behavior, isn't it. )

[torchbearer]

[ dryly. ]

Very mature, oldest hotpants guy.

[reneger]

Second oldest. Dick has me beat by --

( lips press together, before he's grinning again. )

Seven years? Hell, Dick's been at it for seventeen years. He's ancient.

[torchbearer]

[ kyle elbows him lightly. ]

Clearly time to retire. Hang it up.

[reneger]

( jason reaches for kyle's arm, to hold it hostage. arms used to elbow him clearly don't deserve to remain in kyle's custody, so this is his now. )

He should. Get a house somewhere nice to fit his flock of Robins. He can sit on the porch in a creaky rocking chair yelling at all the other kids to get off his lawn.

[torchbearer]

[ he grins. ]

With his shawl and nice knitted pillow cases.